Tristan Eaton's new work for the Lisa Project in Little Italy on Mulberry & Broome. via SAN

December 16, 1985, "John Gotti takes care of the boss before the boss takes care of John Gotti." via NatGeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQVs0xC_1N4 There seems to be a mild fascination between Hollywood, the occult and Central Park West. Wonder what that's about? The Central Park West settings in classics suchs as Ghostbusters and Rosemary's Baby are briefly reviewed in this short piece from Vanity Fair. via VF

Recently we featured a work by Nychos which depicted a tiger jumping out of its skin. Nychos is back, this time with an orca jumping out its skin - but keep your eyes peeled, there seems to be a political statement being made in this work. Not that there wasn't one with his tiger, it just seems more evident in the orcas piece - as in the digestive tract of the killer whale is a pocket full of pollution. Have to love the embedded 666 included in said pollution. Look for this mural on Tutu's at 25 Bogart St. in...

Mexico City's Smithe recently arrived in Brooklyn to produce this monumental work. via SAN | JUX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhuq9sSsvV4 The vast majority of the entire skateboarding world had their eyes concentrated on the West Coast throughout the 1980s and early 90s. This was due in large part to the influence of California's famous Z-Boys who had made names for themselves in the late 1970s. Consequently, the East Coast scene that was developing was largely ignored. It would have to take visionaries such as Rodney Smith, Eli Gesner, Adam Schatz and a little skate video to shake things up and change the lay of the skateboarding land. Shake things up they would, and in a big way. It all...

0 Last week we mentioned that Jay Z's short performance art Picasso Baby film would be debuting on HBO this past Friday night. In case you missed it you can catch it here. "Concerts are pretty much performance art ... The venues change. Just by nature of the venues, the performance changes. If you're in a smaller venue, it's a bit more intimate so you get to feel the energy of the people," Jay Z explains. Even more fascinating is listening to Hov briefly discuss the historical significance and influence of the arts scene on hip hop in its infancy....

Carmelo Anthony stars in a Jordan Brand web doc In Episode #2 (of 3) Carmelo loves playing in New York? Why? The bright lights, the big city, the energy, the passion. The place where you're "only as good as your last play." Nas, Bernard King, Alan Hahn, Carmelo's family and others talk about Carmelo playing in Gotham. Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 | Pt. 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah2R4Lforns This is the story of that epic trip across the USA. via

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